The Destruction of the Books (The Rover #2)

mel Odom's Award Winning Quest Fantasy the Rover was Hailed As A Successor To The Legacy Of Tolkien And Terry Brooks. The Tale Of Wick The Lowly Librarian Who Rises To The Occasion And Becomes A Great Adventurer Struck A Chord With Adventure Lovers And Fantasy Fans Alike. after His Adventures On The Mainland Wick Returned To His Duties At The Vault Of All Known Knowledge And Quickly Worked His Way Up The Hierarchy , Continuing His Quest For The Preservation Of Books And The Knowledge Contained Therein. and Now That Quest Is Threatened. the Destruction Of The Books it Is Many Years Later And Lowly Wick Is Now Grandmagister Lamplighter Of The Great Library. His Trips To The Mainland Are Fewer Due To His Advanced Age, And Lately He Has Enlisted An Assistant By The Name Of Jugh To Undertake Those Roving Duties He Used To Relish. an Encounter With A Goblin Ship On The High Seas Leads To Jugh's Discovery Of A Book In Goblin Hands, A Most Matter That Must Be Investigated. this Single Event Leads To Startling Revelations That Forewarns Of A Great Evil That Exists That Is Every Bit As Powerful As The Vault Of All Known Knowledge, And Whose Presence In The Great Library May Indeed Result In the Destruction Of The Books and Perhaps Far Worse. publishers Weekly just As Aged Bilbo Baggins Gives Way To A New Hero, Frodo, At The Start Of The Lord Of The Rings, So Does Elderly Edgewick Wick Lamplighter, Now A Grandmagister At Great Library, Leave Center Stage To A Youthful Prot G , The Pint-sized Juhg, In This Tolkienesque Sequel, Set Nearly A Century Later, To Odom's The Rover (2001). In The Tradition Of Fritz Leiber's Immortal Fafhrd And The Grey Mouser, Juhg And His Burly Human Friend, Raisho, Set Out On A Series Of Fantastic Adventures, Centered On A Search For A Rare Volume That Wick Wants For The Vault Of All Known Knowledge. The Narrative Moves Along At A Snappy Pace, With Much Good Humor, Zest And Color, But Around Halfway Through, The Action Becomes Repetitive And The Fantasy Effects Heavy-handed. Nevertheless, The Magic Lies In The Details, Where Books And Wizards, Both Good And Evil, Glimmer. Agent, Tk (july 1) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. THE ROVER RETURNS After his adventures on the mainland Wick, the Rover, returned to his duties at the Vault of All Known Knowledge and quickly worked his way up the hierarchy , continuing his quest for the preservation of books and the knowledge contained therein. And now that quest is threatened. AN APPRENTICE ACQUIRED It is many years later and lowly Wick is now Grandmagister Lamplighter of the Great Library. His trips to the mainland are fewer due to his advanced age, and lately he has enlisted an apprentice researcher by the name of Jugh to undertake those roving duties he used to relish. An encounter with a goblin ship on the high seas leads to Jugh's discovery of a book in goblin hands, a most urgent matter that must be investigated. A SHADOW DESCENDS This single event , the acquisition of a single book, leads to startling revelations that forewarns of a great evil that exists that is every bit as powerful as the Vault of All Known Knowledge, and whose presence in the Great Library may indeed result in The Destruction of the Books And perhaps much worse. Wick is now Grandmagister Lamplighter of the Great Library. His trips to the mainland are fewer due to his advanced age, and lately he has enlisted an assistant by the name of Jugh to undertake those roving duties he used to relish. An encounter with a goblin ship on the high seas leads to Jugh's discovery of a book in goblin hands, a most intriguing matter that must be investigated. This single event leads to startling revelations that forewarns of a great evil that is every bit as powerful as the Vault of All Known Knowledge, and whose presence in the Great Library may indeed result in the destruction of the books. And perhaps far worse One hundred years after the events of The Rover, master librarian Edgewick Lamplighter sends his bored halfling apprentice, Jugh, to retrieve an enchanted rare book that sets fire to the Great Library Vault's priceless collection